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Abigail Adams. ABIGAIL SMITH ADAMS was born 11 November 1744, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Reverend William and Elizabeth (Quincy) Smith. She had no formal schooling, but her education included reading works by Shakespeare, Milton, and Pope. On 25 October 1764, she married John Adams. John Adams’ protracted absences from home (first ...
3 de jul. de 2018 · Abigail Adams to John Adams, 3 January 1784 Why with a Heart Susceptible of every tender impression, and feelingly alive, have I So often been called to Stand alone and support myself through Scenes which have almost torn it assunder, not I fear, because I have more resolution or fortitude than others, for my resolution often fails me; and my fortitude wavers.
Entre 1784 y 1788, Abigail acompañó a John en sus misiones diplomáticas en París y Londres. El 4 de marzo de 1797, John se convirtió en el Segundo Presidente de los Estados Unidos, y ella fue la Primera Dama. Vivieron en la Mansión Presidencial de Filadelfia y más tarde en la Casa Blanca de Washington, DC. Fue una primera dama ...
On October 25, 1764, Abigail wed John Adams, commencing a partnership characterized, and perhaps enriched, by separation. Between 1765 and 1772, she bore five children, one of whom, John Quincy, would become the sixth president of the United States. During these years, John balanced his law practice and political activity with increasing ...
First Lady Biography: Abigail Adams. William Smith, 1706, January 29, Charlestown, Massachusetts, died 1783, September, Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was a Congregationalist minister. Elizabeth Quincy, born 1721, Braintree, Massachusetts, died 1775, Weymouth, Massachusetts; married in 1740. She was the daughter of John Quincy, a member of the ...
Unlike Martha Washington, Abigail Adams opposed slavery and had favored its abolition in the early 1770s. While sympathetic to the slaves and the hardships they endured, "Lady Adams" was less compassionate toward the young nation's immigrant population. She feared the effects of a pervasive French influence on fashion as well as on politics.
15 de feb. de 2020 · Thomas Jefferson won the next election in 1801, John and Abigail Adams retired from the political world, although Abigail took a strong interest in her son John Quincy Adams’ rise to the presidency. She died in October 1818, following her daughter Nabby who died of breast cancer just a few years before. Abigail Adams was one of the country's ...
